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December 2024
Some thinking
Here’s how we practice democracy in my living room
The following was published as a column in the Sunday, September 8 edition of the Dallas Morning News. For more than 20 years, my wife and I have opened our home for cocktail-fueled salons that we call Drink and Think. We center the evening around an enduring question such as What is…
I miss civilization
We are in need of a new renaissance. The erosion of our politics is eroding our civilization. By civilization, I mean the very arts that help us pursue the good life: philosophy, religion, art, music, literature, and the like.
On Certainty
There’s a great lack of curiosity/wonder today. We are so damn certain. Our politics exasperates it, our technology facilitates it, and our education doesn’t seem to be aware that this is a problem.